Northern Ireland News for February 2002 : Page 11

Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
Robinson urges support for £1bn Transport Strategy
Regional Development Minister Peter Robinson has urged support for the proposed £1 billion 10-year Regional Transportation Strategy (RTS). Mr Robinson, launching the consultation paper on the propose...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
Empey steps into debate on future of Giant's Causeway
Enterprise, Trade and Investment minister Sir Reg Empey has stepped into the debate on the future of the Giant's Causeway following what he called "misinformed" speculation in the media. Sir Reg sai...
Business News, Feb 4, 2002
Latest quarterly results from BA better than expected
The latest quarterly figures unveiled from troubled airline British Airways show a pre-tax loss of £160 million. The third quarter pre-tax losses published on Monday February 4, for the three months ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
First police witness gives evidence to Bloody Sunday Inquiry
The first police witnesses are giving evidence to the Bloody Sunday Inquiry in Londonderry. The inquiry, chaired by Lord Saville in the city's Guildhall, is examining the events of 30 January 1972 wh...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 4, 2002
City centre further education facility moves a step closer
On a visit to Belfast Institute for Further and Higher Education, Carmel Hanna, Minister for Employment and Learning, has confirmed that plans to construct a new purpose-built college in Belfast city ...
Business News, Feb 1, 2002
Euro struggles on foreign exchanges
The euro changeover may have gone very well for its 12 member states, but the rest of the financial world has not taken to it so well as the currency struggles on the foreign currency markets. A lot...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
Loyalists blamed for bomb under pregnant woman's car
The Police Service of Northern Ireland have said a loyalist group is the most likely candidate responsible for planting a bomb under a car belonging to a heavily pregnant woman. The bomb, which a po...
Business News, Feb 1, 2002
Rate of UK manufacturing decline slows
There was a glimmer of hope for the troubled UK manufacturing sector on Friday, February 1, with the release of latest figures on the sector's performance. The report from the Chartered Institute of...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
Trimble and Durkan open Washington office to promote province
The First Minister and Deputy First Minister are set to travel to the United States of America this weekend to officially open an office in Washington for the Northern Ireland Executive. The aim of t...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
Queen's University Belfast to receive two of USA's finest
Two American students are to arrive at Queens this autumn to start a year of postgraduate study as part of the George J Mitchell scholarship programme, which seeks to reward outstanding academic achie...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
Racial attacks in Northern Ireland on the increase
A report released by the Executive shows that between 1996 and 1999 racial attacks reported to police in Northern Ireland have increased by 400 per cent. 357 incidents were reported to the Royal Ulst...
Business News, Feb 1, 2002
Independent report reveals limitations of New Deal
The publication of a major independent survey of the New Deal for 18-24 year olds and the New Deal Pilot for those aged 25 years and over, has revealed that the programme has a limited impact on indiv...
Business News, Feb 1, 2002
Local company scores first in utilities sector
The Morrow Group has become one of the first utilities contractors in the UK and Ireland to implement a fully certified Integrated Management System in incorporating the requirements of three differen...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
University of Ulster research centre receives £14.5 million boost
The University of Ulster has unveiled plans to build a world-class multi-million pound biotechnology unit at their campus in Coleraine. The Coleraine campus in County Londonderry, which is renowned ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
Hume accepts Ghandi peace prize
Nobel Laureate John Hume MEP has received the Mahatma Ghandi Peace Prize in a ceremony in New Delhi, India. According to the citation, the prize was presented to him for his "outstanding work and co...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
UK coronary heart death rate drops by 10 per cent
Coronary Heart Disease deaths have dropped by a staggering 13,000 cases in just two years in the UK according to the latest figures from the British Heart Foundation. Better medicines and improved su...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
Minister issues call to province's top catering students
Employment Minister Carmel Hanna has called on the province's aspiring young chefs to take part in a prestigious competition aimed at celebrating the skills of Northern Ireland’s catering industry. ...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
BT E-Commerce event rated a 'great success'
The BT sponsored E-Conference in the Odyssey Arena has been attended by over 150 delegates from public bodies and private enterprises. The two-day event, billed as 'clicks & mortar' to complement the...
Northern Ireland News, Feb 1, 2002
Foster insists Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan can succeed
Minister of the Environment, Sam Foster, has told delegates attending a DoE-hosted conference that the Belfast metropolitan area can be a success in the new century. The Minister urged people to part...
Business News, Feb 1, 2002
Pilots' strike action looms at Aer Lingus
An independent mediator could be called in to help resolve the current impasse between Aer Lingus pilots and management at the Irish airline after employees voted for industrial action in response to ...